Category Archives: Genesis

Jacob Flees from Laban 1 NowJacobheard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what was our father’s he has acquired all thiswealth.” 2 And Jacob saw thecountenance of Laban, and indeed itwasnotfavorabletoward him as before. 3 Then theLordsaid to Jacob,“Return to the land of your […]

Esau Comes to Meet Jacob 1 So Jacob went on his way, andthe angels of God met him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “ThisisGod’scamp.” And he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brotherin the land of Seir,the country of Edom. 4 And […]

Jacob and Esau Meet 1 Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there,Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. 2 And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph […]

The Dinah Incident 1 NowDinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, hetook her and lay with her, and violated her. 3 His soul was strongly attracted […]

Jacob’s Return to Bethel 1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up toBethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God,who appeared to youwhen you fled from the face of Esau your brother.” 2 And Jacob said to hishousehold and to all whowerewith him, “Put awaythe foreign gods thatareamong you,purify yourselves, and […]

The Family of Esau 1 Now thisisthe genealogy of Esau,who is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon theHittite;Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 andBasemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 NowAdah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel. […]

Joseph Dreams of Greatness 1 Now Jacob dwelt in the landwhere his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 Thisisthe history of Jacob. # Joseph,beingseventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the ladwaswith the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought […]

Judah and Tamar 1 It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, andvisited a certain Adullamite whose namewasHirah. 2 And Judahsaw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose namewasShua, and he married her and went in to her. 3 So she conceived and bore a son, and he called […]

Joseph a Slave in Egypt 1 Now Joseph had been takendown to Egypt. AndPotiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian,bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there. 2 TheLordwas with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. […]

The Prisoners’ Dreams 1 It came to pass after these thingsthatthebutler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh wasangry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker. 3 So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of […]